The Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 Well
This past week, on Thursday, we welcomed Petroleum Engineer John McKenney to Israel. He has arrived to review the completion procedures planned for the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well. John has nearly 40 years experience in Oil & Gas. He has worked for many well-known petroleum companies, including Arco International, Phillips Petroleum, Schlumberger, Tesco Drilling and Triton Engineering. He has also consulted for many other companies, including Murphy Oil, Ocean Energy and Shell Oil.
We drilled the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well to a depth of 17,913 feet (5,460 meters) and soon intend to carry out completion operations on the seven zones that warrant completion testing.
Four of the zones are in the upper (Triassic) part of the hole (and were seen in the Ma’anit #1 well) and three of the zones are in the deeper hole (drilled in the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well).
Operations at the Elijah #3
Drilling Operations on the Elijah #3 Well
Last week I noted that we had cased the well from the surface down to 3,461 feet (1,055 meters), connected the BOP (Blow Out Preventer) and continued drilling.
This past week, drilling progress has been excellent – on three separate days, we drilled over 100 meters per day, exceeding our expectations.
Since Thursday, November 19 we have been drilling very hard formation (Lower Cretaceous Tayasir Volcanics) with a PDC bit (averaging 5 meters per hour penetration).
Very soon, we expect to be drilling in Upper Jurassic carbonates.
As of today, Friday, November 20, 2009, we have drilled to a depth of approximately 4,840 feet (1,475 meters) and are ‘ahead of schedule’.
